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xausa
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Re: WWI Sniper Rifle
03/05/11 06:21 AM

I once belonged to a gun club where one of the members brought out a steel manhole cover and left is at the 200 yard berm for other members to shoot at and try to penetrate. I tried all the heavy calibers I owned at the time, including .375 H&H, .416/.300 Winchester Magnum and .458, using solids, and achieved little or no penetration, but some impressive cratering.

Then I tried a handload consisting of a US made 165 grain armor piercing bullet in my .300 H&H, and it went through the metal like a knife through hot butter. I expect the original .30-'06 AP load would have done the same. I have read all the accounts of double rifles in the trenches, and I am afraid I viewed them with great scepticism, based on my own experience.

Years earlier, a German friend of mine had invited me to hunt with him on what had been a Bundeswehr firing range near Stuttgart. As we were leaving after an unsuccessful hunt, we came upon an abandoned armored personnel carrier which had been used as a target. Out of curiosity, I fired a round from my friends 8X57JS hunting rifle at the armor plate.

When we examined the plate, it was only with difficulty that we were able to determine where the bullet had hit, so little impression had it made on the armor plate. In fact, if the plate had not been painted, we probably could not have determined the point of impact at all.

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WWI Sniper Rifle	John	28/02/08 09:48 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Checkman	15/03/08 02:30 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	16/03/08 12:18 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	25/03/08 11:20 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	03/05/11 04:22 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	xausa	03/05/11 06:21 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	rigbymauser	03/05/11 07:41 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	lancaster	07/05/11 05:42 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	15/03/08 04:44 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	CptCurl	15/03/08 09:58 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	01/03/08 06:01 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	22/08/19 07:26 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	bouldersmith	11/05/17 11:53 PM
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Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	lancaster	08/06/11 07:15 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	elvas	08/06/11 07:42 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	DarylS	09/06/11 05:38 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	elvas	11/06/11 07:40 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	17/01/14 05:48 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	kuduae	17/01/14 07:36 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	kuduae	17/01/14 08:35 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	8borerifle	17/01/14 09:23 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	TH44	17/01/14 10:15 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Ripp	02/03/08 09:02 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	01/03/08 08:24 AM
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Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	03/03/08 01:28 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	10/03/08 11:48 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	13/03/08 11:53 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	mickey	28/02/08 09:52 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	29/02/08 12:54 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	28/02/08 10:03 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	28/02/08 12:50 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	28/02/08 03:35 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	28/02/08 03:37 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	29/02/08 12:46 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Leonard	29/02/08 04:42 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Bramble	29/02/08 04:50 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Paul	29/02/08 04:19 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	DarylS	29/02/08 05:39 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	29/02/08 10:55 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	470evans	29/02/08 11:28 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	CptCurl	29/02/08 10:46 PM
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Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	01/03/08 12:32 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	01/03/08 12:50 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	29/02/08 05:54 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	29/02/08 01:45 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	29/02/08 12:59 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Bramble	29/02/08 04:33 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	mngane	29/02/08 04:26 AM
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